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Anne Hathaway as Verity Crawford and Josh Hartnett as Jeremy Crawford in "Verity" (Alisha Wetherill/Amazon MGM Studios)

Josh Hartnett always had what we needed

Coleman Spilde

In "Verity," Hartnett once again subverts expectations in a way Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise can’t manage

Profile of a Greenland shark with Ommatokoita elongata on its eyes. (Hemming1952 via Wikimedia Commons)

Leave the Greenland sharks alone

Troy Farah

A bounty on 1,000 fish hearts is as barbaric as it sounds

Donald Trump dances as he leaves the stage after speaking at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Oct. 7, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What will Trump do after Election Day?

Brian Karem

Expect lies, threats and empty bluster. He's becoming politically insignificant — but still dangerous

Hundreds of Cornell University students participate in a rally on Oct. 5, 2026, against the university’s actions after a student was allegedly sexually assaulted at a campus fraternity in 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What Cornell says about MAGA complicity

Amanda Marcotte

White House attacks on DEI gave colleges cover to abandon women and minority students

Broadway star Michael Crawford receives the Kennedy Center Honors medal from President Donald Trump at the White House on Dec. 6, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Why Trump loves "Phantom of the Opera"

Alex Galbraith

Like Andrew Lloyd Webber's masked outcast, Trump is willing to bring the whole house down

Shannon Taylor, the Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney, speaks to members of the press, surrounded by the families of Erin Strotman's victims in front of the L.A. Harris, Jr. Courts Building following the Strotman's sentencing, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Henrico, Va. (Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via Getty Images)

Running for Congress to protect women

Mel Leonor Barclay - The 19th

From Epstein to Cornell, voters' angst over corruption and sex abuse is at a high point just before the midterms

Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump looks on outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Trump held a meeting on super intelligence earlier with tech CEOs in the East Room. (Tierney L. Cross/Pool/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Tech leaders embrace Trump's AI vision

Troy Farah

The president's rebrand of AI is brilliant, according to Silicon Valley billionaires

Rock critic and author Nik Cohn sits on a bench in Paris in 2000. (Nicolas LE CORRE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The rock critic who preferred pop

Kenneth Womack

Nik Cohn’s new book "Corner Boy" reveals the godfather of rock criticism as music’s contrarian

Police officers stand watch outside of a polling station in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP via Getty Images)

Will federal agents appear at the polls?

Alexander Shur, Votebeat - Votebeat

Federal officials have sent conflicting signals about law enforcement at the polls. Here’s what the law says

(Getty Images / Boy_Anupong)

A bipartisan healthcare fix

Howard Dean, Larry Bucshon

Holding insurers accountable could be a point of agreement in a divided Washington

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed visits "The Story With Martha MacCallum" at Fox News Channel Studios on Oct. 5, 2026. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed keeps dominating Fox News

Sophia Tesfaye

The Michigan Senate candidate masterfully baits Donald Trump after leaving Fox hosts swooning

Michael Shannon sings at the Newport Folk Festival (Meleck Eldahshoury/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Michael Shannon’s R.E.M. won me over

Caryn Rose

The actor’s show with Jason Narducy is more than nostalgia — it celebrates the band’s artistry

Hand reaching for chips and salsa (LB Studios / Getty Images)

Trump may kill free chips and salsa

Ashlie D. Stevens

Tariffs on tomatoes could turn one of dining's smallest gestures of hospitality into a line item

Ben Shapiro speaks during the Conference European Jewish Association at DoubleTree by Hilton in Krakow. (Grzegorz Wajda/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Daily Wire is too mad to make movies

Alex Galbraith

Ben Shapiro's studio still hasn't learned that owning the libs isn't a plot

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces a new Office of Religious Affairs as he gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hegseth's holy war has a math problem

Amanda Marcotte

Forget Iran — the defense secretary is focused on forcing his religion on everyone else

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's stolen election claims fading

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

A shrinking pool of candidates who agree with the president may suggest a shift

Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, on October 5, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

White House defends Iran attack comments

Troy Farah

The president's comments sparked a posting war, outraging even some Republicans

Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden in "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" (Netflix)

Lizzie Borden was no suffragist

Jen Chaney

"Monster" tries to redeem Borden as a late-in-life feminist. It's a bridge too far

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 5, 2026. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump attacks Fox as rally crowds shrink

Sophia Tesfaye

The White House also barred Politico from Air Force One to cap off a weekend of media attacks

Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court on April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

Samuel Alito's gift to Democrats

Heather Digby Parton

The justice's refusal to retire deprives Donald Trump of a Supreme Court vacancy ahead of likely blue midterm wave

The MIT Museum’s exhibit “AI: Mind the Gap” looks at deepfake video technology. (Photo by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

AI in political ads is getting weird

Travis N. Ridout, Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael Franz - The Conversation

Thanks to a patchwork of state legislation, many of these ads do not disclose the use of AI at all

The logo of Russia's consumer and health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor sits on its grounds' fencing in Moscow on October 5, 2026. Russian officials on October 5, 2026 downplayed reports that a laboratory technician in Siberia had died of plague, insisting the situation was under control and that post-mortem tests had not found traces of the disease. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images)

Russian plague catches Trump's eye

Troy Farah

A 28-year-old lab technician's could be a highly fatal disease but a cause of death has yet to be released

(John Johnson/HBO Max)

"Lanterns" finds its power in fear

Melanie McFarland

To fulfill his destiny, John Stewart embraces what he was trained to reject — and so should we

Vinegar bottles (Ashlie Stevens)

Your soup needs a little vinegar

Ashlie D. Stevens

Before reaching for salt, add acid

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